1985–86 Ranji Trophy

1985-86 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Delhi (4th title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Kirti Azad (Delhi) (834)
Most wickets	Sarkar Talwar (Haryana) (45)
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Ranji Trophy was the 52nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Delhi defeated Haryana by an innings and 141 runs in the final.

Expansion[]

Three teams participated for the first time: Goa in the South Zone, Himachal Pradesh in the North Zone and Tripura in the East Zone. This raised the number of teams from 24 to 27.^[3]

Highlights[]

Playing for Rajasthan against Vidarbha, Pradeep Sunderam took all 10 wickets for 78 runs, and 16 wickets for 154 runs. This was the second (and till 2021, the last) instance of a bowler taking 10 wickets in an innings in Ranji trophy.^[4]

Final[]

29 March - 1 April 1986
Scorecard

Haryana	v	Delhi (H)
288 (109.5 overs) 74 Maninder Singh 3/66		638 (186.2 overs) Manoj Prabhakar 113, Kirti Azad 107, Mohinder Amarnath 194, Ajay Sharma 110 Sarkar Talwar 4/194
209 (79.1 overs) Ashok Malhotra 98 Maninder Singh 8/54

Delhi won by an innings and 141 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Subrata Banerjee, V. K. Ramaswamy

Haryana won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages[]

Cricketarchive

References[]

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1985/86 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1985/86 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ P. N. Sundaresan, "Cricket in India, 1985-86", Wisden 1987, pp. 1138–53.
^ Most wickets in an innings in India

External links[]

[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1985/86 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1985/86 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[3] P. N. Sundaresan, "Cricket in India, 1985-86", Wisden 1987, pp. 1138–53.

[4] Most wickets in an innings in India

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